Posts By David Farnor
What’s coming soon to Netflix UK in May 2018?
April 24, 2018 | David FarnorMay is our favourite month of the year. Not only is it getting sunny outside, but with two Bank Holidays on the cards, there’s optimum time for some box set bingeing. Netflix UK has you more than covered, with a … Read More
Apple spends big to buy Ed Sheeran documentary Songwriter
April 24, 2018 | David FarnorApple has opened up its sizeable pockets to buy Songwriter, a new documentary about Ed Sheeran.
Directed by Murray Cummings, Sheeran’s cousin, the film is an intimate account of the creation of the singer’s chart-topping album, ÷, offering insights into … Read More
Amazon acquires Drake Doremus’ Zoe
April 23, 2018 | David FarnorAmazon has acquired the rights to Drake Doremus’ new film, Zoe. The sci-fi romance, which premiered at the weekend at Tribeca Film Festival, stars Léa Seydoux and Ewan McGregor. It is set in the near future, when technology has honed … Read More
Netflix drops full trailer for The Rain
April 23, 2018 | David Farnor“You never know when your life is going to change. But when it does, you need to have a plan.”
That’s the advice of Netflix’s new original series, The Rain, a dystopian survival thriller set in a world where … Read More
Catch up TV review: The Queen’s Green Planet, The Secret Life of the Zoo, One Born Every Minute
April 22, 2018 | David FarnorWhat’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.
(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More
Netflix reportedly considered buying US cinemas
April 22, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix has reportedly considering buying a chain of US cinemas, as the company finds itself in a heated debate about theatrical distribution.
That debate has primarily been a result of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, which banned Netflix from screening … Read More
Rugby documentary As Good As It Gets heads to Amazon Prime Video
April 22, 2018 | David FarnorAs Good As It Gets?, a new rugby league documentary, is heading to Amazon Prime Video this month, following its premiere at Leeds International Film Festival.
Leeds-based media company and film studio The City Talking will release their film through … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 21st April 2018
April 21, 2018 | David FarnorSirk, Pollack, Darabnont, Angela Schanelec. The list of directing veterans on MUBI UK only continues to expand, even more so with the latest Nicolas Winding Refn-curated Shanty Tramp from the 1960s restored to its full grimy, exploitation glory. But this … Read More
What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in April / May 2018?
April 21, 2018 | David FarnorOn a sunny April weekend, why would you possibly want to stay indoors? Having an Amazon Prime Video account might give you several reasons, as the end of the month sees a large wave of movies depart from the streaming … Read More
Netflix’s Seven Seconds will not return for Season 2
April 21, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix crime drama Seven Seconds will not return for a second season.
The anthology series, created by The Killing’s Veena Sud, starred Regina King in Season 1 as Latrice, the mother of a teenager who is accidentally hit by a … Read More